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Myelopathy and adult T-cell leukemia associated with HTLV-1 in a young patient with hearing loss as the initial manifestation of disease / Mielopatia e leucemia de células T do adulto associada ao HTLV-1 em um paciente jovem com perda auditiva como manifestação inicial da doença
Gonçalves, Denise Utsch; Felipe, Lílian; Carneiro-Proietti, Anna Bárbara; Guedes, Antônio Carlos; Martins-Filho, Olindo Assis; Lambertucci, José Roberto.
  • Gonçalves, Denise Utsch; Federal University of Minas Gerais. Faculty of Medicine. Tropical Medicine Post Graduate Program. Belo Horizonte. BR
  • Felipe, Lílian; Federal University of Minas Gerais. Faculty of Medicine. Tropical Medicine Post Graduate Program. Belo Horizonte. BR
  • Carneiro-Proietti, Anna Bárbara; Minas Gerais State Centre of Hematology and Blood Transfusion. Hemominas Foundation. Belo Horizonte. BR
  • Guedes, Antônio Carlos; Federal University of Minas Gerais. Faculty of Medicine. Medical Medicine Post Graduate Program. Belo Horizonte. BR
  • Martins-Filho, Olindo Assis; The Oswaldo Cruz Foundation. René Rachou Research Center. Belo Horizonte. BR
  • Lambertucci, José Roberto; Federal University of Minas Gerais. Faculty of Medicine. Tropical Medicine Post Graduate Program. Belo Horizonte. BR
Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop ; 42(3): 336-337, May-June 2009.
Article in English | LILACS | ID: lil-522266
ABSTRACT
A young male developed hearing loss, vertigo, headache and facial palsy. Neurological examination did not show any abnormalities. Two years later, cervical lymphadenopathy, hepatosplenomegaly and atypical lymphocytes in peripheral blood revealed leukemia. At the same time, acquired ichthyosis was observed. Subsequently, neurological abnormalities revealed myelopathy associated with HTLV-1, due to vertical transmission.
RESUMO
Um jovem do sexo masculino desenvolveu perda auditiva, vertigem, cefaléia e paralisia facial. Exame neurológico sem alterações. Dois anos mais tarde, linfadenopatia cervical, hepatoesplenomegalia e linfócitos atípicos no sangue periférico divulgado leucemia. Concomitante, observou-se ictiose adquirida e, posteriormente, anormalidades neurológicas revelaram mielopatia associada ao HTLV-1, transmitido verticalmente.
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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Leukemia-Lymphoma, Adult T-Cell / Paraparesis, Tropical Spastic / Hearing Loss Type of study: Diagnostic study / Risk factors Limits: Humans / Male Language: English Journal: Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop Journal subject: Tropical Medicine Year: 2009 Type: Article Affiliation country: Brazil Institution/Affiliation country: Federal University of Minas Gerais/BR / Minas Gerais State Centre of Hematology and Blood Transfusion/BR / The Oswaldo Cruz Foundation/BR

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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Leukemia-Lymphoma, Adult T-Cell / Paraparesis, Tropical Spastic / Hearing Loss Type of study: Diagnostic study / Risk factors Limits: Humans / Male Language: English Journal: Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop Journal subject: Tropical Medicine Year: 2009 Type: Article Affiliation country: Brazil Institution/Affiliation country: Federal University of Minas Gerais/BR / Minas Gerais State Centre of Hematology and Blood Transfusion/BR / The Oswaldo Cruz Foundation/BR